Fritz Lang I Antique Bronze Ashtray 1931 for the film "M - the Nero" A City Searches for a Murderer - very Rare I Metropolis, Art Deco

Fritz Lang I unique antique bronze ashtray 1931 for the film "M" or "The Nero" A city is looking for a murderer. Origin is unfortunately unknown - with engraved lettering "A Fritz Lang Film - The Nero, Verl..." not signed

Weight: 1.9 kg
Height approx. 14 cm
length 13 cm
width 10 cm
Condition: used

Information about the film:
Director: Fritz Lang | Screenplay: Thea von Harbou, Egon Jacobson
Cast: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Gründgens
Original title: M (the Nero)



Friedrich "Fritz" Christian Anton Lang (* 5 December 1890 in Vienna; † 2 August 1976 in Beverly Hills, California) was an Austrian-German-American actor, film director and screenwriter. After his marriage to the German screenwriter Thea von Harbou, the Austrian acquired German citizenship in 1922 and, after his emigration in 1939, US citizenship.

Lang helped shape film history by setting new aesthetic and technical standards, particularly in the era of late silent film and early talkies. His silent films mostly tell utopian and fantastic stories, staged in an expressively dark atmosphere. In his talkies, he focused on individuals and their inner motives; their themes were taken from everyday life and were often based on press reports. The silent film Metropolis (1927) and the talkie M (1931) are among the milestones of German and international film history. In the United States, he made important film noirs such as Blind Fury (1936), Dangerous Encounters (1944), Street of Temptation (1945) and Hot Iron (1953), which is why he is often counted among the co-founders of the genre.

The film:
M (subtitle A City Seeks a Murderer) by Fritz Lang with Peter Lorre in the lead role is one of the first German sound film productions. In 2008, Cahiers du cinéma ranked M sixth in their list of the 100 best films of all time, the best placement of a German film production.